Mitchells Scaffolding win second place by dressing up their scaffold wagon as Blackpool Lancashire theme for the Accrington Lions Community Carnival Procession 2011.
The Essence of Blackpool theme included characters from the traditional Blackpool of yester-year with Punch (Steve Bracewell Supervisor) Judy (Sharon Turner Chief Executive Officer), The Circus Ring Master ( Neil Heap Supervisor), The Traditional English Holiday Maker (Mark Palmer Supervisor) The House of Horrors Freddie Cruger (Stuart Mitchell MD) Stag Night Morph man (Marcus Hargreaves Family Friend) Blackpool Donkey ( Laura Hargreaves Family Friend) The Old-fashioned Strong Man( Karen Turner Business Development Executive) The Laughing Clown (Darren Hargreaves Former Employee) Mystic Gypsy Rose lee (Joanne Hargreaves Family Fried) and all the children as Pirates, Candy Floss , Alice in Wonderland, The White Rabbit, Playing Cards, Pasaje Del Terror, Hen Night Girls. Our scaffolders erected blackpool tower out of our scaffolding tubes.
This took a lot of effort with the MD Stuart and his staff working until midnight on the 17th and in again at 6 am the following morning to get the float ready but the effort was worth it, with a great mix of people and characters a fun day was had by all and the winning of second prize was the icing on the cake.